-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Search crews have recovered the bodies of the flight captain and a steward from the Air France flight that crashed off the coast of Brazil .

A Brazilian diver floats on wreckage of Flight 447 earlier this month . The search for more debris continues .

The two flight members are among the victims that have been identified , Air France said in a statement Thursday .

About a dozen victims have been identified among roughly 50 bodies recovered from the crash of Flight 447 , which killed 228 people on June 1 , authorities in Brazil said this week .

Crews continue to search for bodies , wreckage and flight-data recorders that apparently rest deep on the ocean floor . Data from the recorders may be crucial in helping investigators determine what caused the plane to crash . Watch more wreckage recovered from crash ''

Autopsies conducted on some of the 50 bodies found so far show they suffered broken bones , including arms , legs and hips , Brazilian authorities have told French investigators , according to Paul-Louis Arslanian , head of the French accident investigation board .

Such injuries suggest that the plane broke apart in midair , experts have said .

Asked about that theory , Air France Chief Executive Pierre-Henri Gourgeon told France 's RTL radio this week that he would not go that far .

`` What I know is that the investigators would like to know the causes of death , '' Gourgeon said . `` That knowledge of causes of death will better clarify what exactly happened . Were the victims killed before the impact , or during impact ? ''

Searchers have found dozens of pieces of debris in the water and think they know the general location of the wreck , but Arslanian said this week that there is a chance the entire aircraft may never be found .

Air France plans to pay relatives of the victims an initial compensation equivalent to about $ 24,500 , or 17,500 euros , for each victim , Gourgeon has said .

The airliner said this week that it has been in touch with about 1,800 relatives of the people who died when the Airbus A330 crashed , but that it has been difficult tracing the relatives of all 228 victims .

`` The modern world is different and we often have only a cell phone , and as you can imagine , this cell phone is unfortunately in the aircraft , '' Gourgeon said . `` So we probably -LRB- will put in -RRB- more hours to access all the relatives . ''

The company is also providing families with counseling , he said .

The were 32 different nationalities present on Flight 447 .

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Search crews recover bodies of flight captain and steward from crash

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All 228 people onboard flight 447 from Brazil to France were killed

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None of names of bodies recovered have been released at request of families